Patton v. Rose

CRAWFORD, Judge.

This is a medical malpractice case. Plaintiff, Roxie Patton, appeals from the judgment of the trial court on a jury verdict for defendants, Dr. Walter Rose and Dr. Renee Harless.

Plaintiffs complaint alleges that she was an employee of Memorial Hospital, and that on March 7, 1991, she was performing her regular duties as a surgical instrument technician when a suction needle, “which should have been sterilized by operating room personnel, slipped from her hand and stuck her in the ‘forearm.’ ” The needle had previously been used on a tuberculosis patient. She avers that on or…